The Second World War saw a new breed of “conchie”, one who was willing to risk their own life to relieve the suffering of war and even help the war effort.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, reimagined by New York City Opera, is a classic tale set in a community of Italian Jews just before World War II.
Originating from the French noun taupe meaning “mole”, the word “taupe” describes the brownish-grey colour of a mole’s skin.
The unsparing Geoffrey Wheatcroft leaves no stone unturned in his critical biography of Winston Churchill.
In September 1942, Viktor Ullmann was interned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt where he composed the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis.
One hundred years ago the guns fell silent, the fighting stopped, the killing ended. Finally after four long and wearying years Britain was once again
On the evening of November 9 1938 a Nazi pogrom raged across German and Austrian cities. Nazis branded the atrocity with a poetic term: Kristallnacht
I am whistling the theme to the Dambusters as I write this, obviously. There’s something in the air after Mrs May’s promise to fight them
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